May 14, 2013
The benefits of migrating workloads between different cloud providers or between private and public clouds can only truly be redeemed with an understanding of the cloud business model and cloud workload management. It seems that cloud adoption has reached the phase where advanced cloud users are creating their own hybrid solutions or migrating between clouds while striving to achieve interoperability values within their systems. This article aims to answer some of the questions that arise when managing cloud workloads.
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April 02, 2013
Dear IAmOnDemand reader, I would like to personally invite you to join an interesting webinar that will take place this Wednesday, April 3rd.
As part of my job at Newvem, I have assembled a power-house panel of some of the top thought-leaders in cloud computing to discuss the importance of a healthy cloud, focusing on cost efficiency, risk tolerance, and resource optimization.
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February 28, 2013
This is the story of a veteran software development company and their adoption of the cloud. This research is presented in two parts.
The first part is based on an interview with Mr. Igal Korach, Director of Cloud Services at ClickSoftware. It describes the company’s cloud adoption from the perspective of deployment and operations including processes and tools.
The second part of this research below, is based on a conversation with Mr. Udi Keidar, VP of Cloud Services at ClickSoftware. In this post, I will present some interesting business views of a company that, for years, has been successfully delivering its software to the billion dollar enterprise market. I will discuss the disruptive changes this innovative software company experienced regarding sales methodologies, delivery, pricing, and the future direction of their business.
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January 09, 2013
Last month I attended HP Discover (disclosure: my participation was funded by Ivy World). The IT war already started however HP stands still not taking initiatives and real risks as true leaders should take. At the three-day conference I learned why some companies don’t last and why this IT giant is at a great risk of losing in this new era IT battle. This is a story of a lasting company that might have already lost.
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December 29, 2012
I believe that this is the year when the enterprise will find its way to the cloud.
The mega Internet sites and applications are the new era enterprises. These will become the role models for the traditional enterprise. IT needs remain the same with regards to scale, security, SLA, etc. However, the traditional enterprise CIO has already set the goal for next year: 100% efficiency.
The traditional CIO understands that in order to achieve that goal, IT will need to start and do cloud, make sure that IT resources are utilized right, and that his teams move fast.
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November 22, 2012
One of the most important features of the cloud is the sharing of resources by multi-tenants. Without sharing and being able to optimize utilization of resources, the cloud operator can’t provide scalability and support “economies of scale” for its business. The IaaS public contains its “cloud magic” as well as real hardware such as computing, storage and network devices. The utilization of these resources should be optimized by meeting demand (by time), hence they must be shared between the cloud consumers.
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November 14, 2012
Over the last year I had endless conversations with companies that strive to adopt the cloud – specifically the Amazon cloud. Of those I met, I can say that ClickSoftware is one of the leading traditional ISVs that managed to adopt the cloud. The Amazon cloud is with no doubt the most advanced cloud computing facility, leading the market. In my previous job I was involved in the ClickSoftware cloud initiative, from decision making with regards to Amazon cloud all the way to taking the initial steps to educate and support the company’s different parties in providing an On-Demand SaaS offering.
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